During this time, Pelicans guard C.J. McCollum took advantage of a missed floater by Irving and led a transition opportunity to find Trey Murphy III for a windmill alley-oop. Less than 10 seconds later, McCollum remixed the play and threw another lob to Murphy to give the Pelicans a six-point lead going into the half.

Tonight, the Mavericks travel to New Orleans to take on the Pelicans in a road game and their second-straight against a team with a bottom-five record in the NB

P.J. Washington scored 25 points, making all four of his 3-point attempts in the fourth quarter, and Kyrie Irving added 25 points and six assists as the Dallas Mavericks outlasted the New Orleans Pelicans 137-136.

Toronto has now won five straight games. After the game, they had a short, two-word message on X. "Anotha' one," the Raptors shared. Three of the Raptors' last five games -- all being wins -- have come on the road. They are truly finding their stride to a certain extent, and it'll be interesting to see the club's trade deadline approach.

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On Wednesday night, the Dallas Mavericks picked up a tight 137-136 win over their Southwestern Division rival New Orleans Pelicans. The offense was scorching hot, as the Mavericks shot 54.2% from the floor, 46.5% from three, and snagged 16 offensive rebounds to turn into 32 second-chance points.

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P.J. Washington scored 25 points, making all four of his 3-point attempts in the fourth quarter, and Kyrie Irving added 25 points and six assists.

The Dallas Mavericks were on the wrong end of a bad call in their last trip to the Big Easy exactly two weeks ago. That wasn’t the case this time around. Dallas started their longest road trip of the season on a positive note and succeeded by gutting out a 137-136 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday.

T he Dallas Mavericks started a five-game road trip on Wednesday night, traveling to New Orleans to take on the Pelicans. These teams just played in New Orleans two weeks ago, wit

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